Not that I think we should be involved militarily but there is always a reason why people are fleeing their country by the millions, I agree she seems to ignore this fact, that should show her something is wrong internally though I agree it's none of our business outside of providing humanitarian aid.
Her cry of just look at alternative media...well here she is on an alternative source where she can find many, many, many people on here who actually live there saying just the opposite of what she is saying but I guess she can be the only one right, right?
Did you miss this part of the commentary?
'In reality, the Venezuelan government has been taking in humanitarian aid from all around the world to help its people, just not from America's regime change operation that is so blatant even NPR recognizes it, and the bridge Branson has been posing in front of for his "billionaire philanthropist" photo ops has never been open for travel.'
If our government was seriously interested in aiding the Venezuelan people, they would end the sanctions. That they aren't tells you everything you need to know about the fraud behind their alleged concern for the Venezuelan people. So should the point man for US aid to Venezuela, Elliott Abrams. Read up on him and his past uses of US aid as a cover for arms shipments to rebels fighting governments we sought to overthrow. John Bolton himself told you this has nothing to do with aid to starving Venezuelans and everything to do with re-privatizing their oil for the benefit of US corporations (and US hegemony).
It may well so be it's an alleged fraud and Venezuela can and has dealt with that as they see fit. That still doesn't negate that gesture as presented on behalf of the American people as anything other than a humanitarian effort to help, even if they turn it down Americans can feel better that they tried. I can see your point on the sanctions not helping the situation but on the other hand from what I have seen from those posting here on this platform who live there and describe the situation it really wouldn't make much sense to avail to Maduro the ability to further buy more arms to use against those who oppose him, continue to allow himself to enrich the lives of others while simultaneously and willingly let those who oppose him starve. But that is just my opinion and I don't hold much sway over our government or over other countries governments either way the debate flows out.
Americans are pretty worn out though on the invasion for oil warring, that's why I think you see there has been no movement against Venezuela militarily. I think that's why you don't see more people concerned with the pull out in Syria, even though the US military is standing on the oil grounds the war was fought by those internally outside of ridding the country of ISIS fighters that they were engaged with, from the public's perspective it was internal, the opposition lost, it's time to move on now that ISIS has been defeated. People are good with that, it's sad for those who will have to live under what they consider oppression but outside of genocide being committed it's not our fight.
Halliburton stands shoulder to shoulder with the Venezuelan people and their struggle to reprivatize their oil.
I agree in the sense that Chevaz's highest point of popularity was around fifty seven percent, the majority of his elections fell below that. That means that the country is pretty much split along fifty/fifty lines. He was all good and popular at first then he made moves to government control over private property and that was enough to push an angry revolt against him that has just continued to grow passed his death.
Agree that a free society is one where societies progress, creativity lies and entrepreneur live but globalism and the quest for cheap labor has made that problematic when sheer greed contaminates the process.